succumb to

succumb to something

to yield to something, especially a temptation, fatal disease, a human weakness, etc. He finally succumbed to his pneumonia. She did not succumb to the disease until she was very old.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Katheryne	KATH-ə-rin, KATH-rin	English (Rare)
Hermolaos	-	Ancient Greek
Michal (1)	-	Czech, Slovak
Alyosha	-	Russian
Magda	MAHK-dah (German), MAHKH-dah (Dutch), MAHG-dah (Polish)	German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech, Polish, Croatian, Romanian, Portuguese
Hickman	['hikmən]